Newspaper-file stick



(ModeL) J. F. HUTH.

NEWSPAPER FILE STICK. I No. 306,490. Patented Oct. 14, 1884.

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At the other end I secure the blade by a fer-.

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JOHN F. HUTH, OF NORXVALK, OI-IIO.

NEWSPAPER-FILE STlCK.

TB'RI'ECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 306,490,d1ted October 1 1884.

Application filed Octobcrlfl, D83

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. HU'rrt, of Norwalk, in the county of Huron and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Newspaper-File Stick, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be herein alter fully described and claimed Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved file-stick, with a paper sheet fixed in it, on the line :1: of Fig. 2, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section of Fig. 1 on an enlarged scale.

I take a round or other suitably-shaped stick of wood, a, or any other suitable material, and form a longitudinal groove, 1), in it throughout its length, making the groove as deep and wide as required for the size and form of the papers 0 to be filed, and provide a thin binder-blade, d, of metal, to lit in the groove, ex tending from end to end, and secure the blade at one end of the stick by a ferrule, e. perinanently fitted to the end of the stick, in which the end of the blade (I may be confined by insorting the end of it under the ferrule, and, if desired the blade may be permanently confined in the ferrule and the groove by a pivot-pin.

rule, f, fitted to slip on and ofi' the end of the slick readily, and being temporarily secured (Modchl by a snap-spring, g. attached to the end of the stick, and having a catch, it, that springs up behind the end of the ferrule when slipped on the end of the stick over the spring. The spring is pressed down by the thuinb-nail when the ferrule is to be taken off for opening the file.

The binder-blade is constructed with shoulders t, which bear against the inner ends of the ferrules to prevent said blade from shifting lengthwise along the stick. The stick a may be made by bending a thin flat strip of metal into U shape, if preferred, and when so made may be covered with cloth or strong paper.

The filed papers or documents may be provided with any suitable cover for their pro tection.

Having thus described my inveizition, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. The improved file-stick consisting of a grooved rod or bar, a, binding-blade d, permanently-secured ferrule e,re1novably-secu red ferrule f, and the snap spring g h, combined and arranged substantially as described.

2. The binder-blade (1, having shoulders 13, in combination with the grooved rod or bar a, and retaining-lerrules e and f, substantially as described.

JOHN F. HlUTH.

Witnesses: GUsT CoNnoi), \viitmni P. Hum). 

